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...Pol, whose recent works include a compilation of 7000 prostitutes' names from 18th century Holland and a book entitled The Tradition of Female Tranvesticism, asked the audience to analyze the relationship of the paintings in the context of attitudes towards women at the time...
...interesting that these paintings had such a market in a predominantly Calvinist country," she said. Prostitution was condoned in Holland, Van de Pol said, because the Dutch hoped it would protect other women from sailors visiting Amsterdam...
...paintings also portrayed women as "selfish, greedy and scheming," said Van de Pol, adding that the works often showed prostitutes who defrauded, stole and drank...
...degrading perceptions of women were not found only in paintings, but also in vulgar songs popular on the streets of Amsterdam in the 18th century, Van de Pol said...
Even today, some Dutch art is offensive to women, although explicit examples have largely been replaced by subtle symbolism, Van de Pol said...